Netscape Web Server was an integrated
software platform
A computing platform or digital platform is an environment in which a piece of software is executed. It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser and associated application programming interfaces, or other underlying ...
for developing and running transaction-oriented business applications on the web. It was developed originally by
Kiva Software Kiva Software was the leading provider and pioneer of internet application server software. Kiva Software released the industry's first application server in January 1996, offering companies a robust platform on which to develop and deploy transacti ...
, which
Netscape acquired in 1997.
When
Netscape and
Sun Microsystems formed the Sun-Netscape Alliance in 1999, the Netscape Web Server was chosen as the basis for their
iPlanet Application Server offering over the
NetDynamics Application Server
NetDynamics Application Server was an early Java-based integrated software platform. The product was developed by NetDynamics, a Silicon Valley start-up company founded in 1995 by Zack Rinat and Ofer Ben-Shachar. Unlike other early application ser ...
,
which had been acquired by Sun in 1998.
See also
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iPlanet
iPlanet was a product brand that was used jointly by Sun Microsystems and Netscape Communications Corporation when delivering software and services as part of a non-exclusive cross marketing deal that was also known as "A Sun, Netscape Alliance" ...
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Sun ONE Sun Java System was a brand used by Sun Microsystems to market computer software. The Sun Java System brand superseded the Sun ONE brand in September 2003. There are two major suites under this brand, the Sun Java Enterprise System suite of infras ...
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Sun Java System
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Comparison of application servers
This list compares the features and functionality of application servers, grouped by the hosting environment that is offered by that particular application server.
BASIC
* Run BASIC - An all-in-one BASIC scriptable application server, can aut ...
References
Web server software
Netscape
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